You can use SQL Server databases to store information for ASP.NET features such as session state, membership, Web parts personalization, and role management. These features require that the SQL Server database to which they are connected be properly configured before use. You can use the ASP.NET Register SQL tool (aspnet_regsql.exe) to do this, or you can call the static methods exposed by the SqlServices class directly from your code.

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Using the aspnet_regsql.exe tool or the SqlServices class to configure the database only sets up the database that the providers will use with the proper tables, triggers, and stored procedures. Configuring the database in this way does not modify configuration files to specify that these features use the SQL Providers for these services.